This Week in Labor History: April 2 – April 8

April 02, 2018 April 02 The Union Label Trades Department is chartered by the American Federation of Labor.  Its mission: promote the products and services produced in America by union members, especially those products identified by a union label, shop card, store...

Marking Martin Luther King’s death with action

Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tenn. AFT officers and members from all over the country are marking the occasion at AFSCME’s I Am conference, working with other union activists to carry King’s work forward. “We...